Alvin Saunders
Born: July 12, 1817
Birthplace: Fleming County, Kentucky
Father: Gunnell Saunders Jr. 1783 – 1848
(Buried: Mount Pleasant Old City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Iowa)
Mother: Mary Mauzy 1784 – 1851
(Buried: Mount Pleasant Old City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Iowa)
Wife: Marthena Barlow 1835 – 1928
(Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska)
Children:
Charles L. Saunders 1856 – 1927
(Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska)
Mary Angeline “May” Saunders Harrison 1861 – 1944
(Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska)
Political Party: Republican Party
Occupation before War:
1829: Moved with his father to Illinois from Kentucky
1836: Moved to Mount Pleasant, Iowa
United States Postmaster for Mount Pleasant, Iowa for seven years
Mercantile and Banking Businessman in Mount Pleasant, Iowa
1846: Delegate to Iowa State Constitutional Convention
1854 – 1856: Iowa State Senator
1858 – 1860: Iowa State Senator
One of the Commissioners to organize Pacific Railroad Company
Civil War Career:
1861: Appointed by President Lincoln Governor of Nebraska Territory
1861 – 1867: Governor of Nebraska Territory
His first proclamation as Governor was to organize companies for mustering the First Nebraska Volunteers Regiment.
1862: Organized volunteers to deal with the hostile Indians and border raiders.
Supporter of a trans–continental Railroad
Occupation after War:
1861 – 1867: Governor of Nebraska Territory
Founder and President of State Bank of Nebraska
One of the original stockholders of Omaha Smelting Works
Executive of Omaha Real Estate and Trust Company
One of the founders of Omaha Real Estate Exchange
1868: Nebraska Delegate Republican Party National Convention
1877 – 1883: United States Senator from Nebraska
1877 – 1883: Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee
1877 – 1881: Member of Senate Territories Committee
1881 – 1883: Chairman of Senate Territories Committee
Died: November 1, 1899
Place of Death: Omaha, Nebraska
Age at time of Death: 82 years old
Burial Place: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska
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